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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange
NL rules always called for a best-of-3 series to break a two-way tie up through 1968. The AL started with a single game but changed to best-of-3 in 1956 if I recall correctly.
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The 1957 AL race would've been decided by their traditional one-gamer... The 1958 AL race wasn't close so I wasn't able to find anything regarding whether the one- or three-game series was in place. But I did find reference that a three-gamer would've decided the 1959 AL race. So the change in format was probably made during the 1957 or 1958 winter meetings...